6So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said,
            “I am young in years and you are old;
            Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.

      7“I thought age should speak,
            And increased years should teach wisdom.

      8“But it is a spirit in man,
            And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

      9“The abundant in years may not be wise,
            Nor may elders understand justice.

      10“So I say, ‘Listen to me,
            I too will tell what I think.’

      11“Behold, I waited for your words,
            I listened to your reasonings,
            While you pondered what to say.

      12“I even paid close attention to you;
            Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job,
            Not one of you who answered his words.

      13“Do not say,
            ‘We have found wisdom;
            God will rout him, not man.’

      14“For he has not arranged his words against me,
            Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.

      15“They are dismayed, they no longer answer;
            Words have failed them.

      16“Shall I wait, because they do not speak,
            Because they stop and no longer answer?

      17“I too will answer my share,
            I also will tell my opinion.

      18“For I am full of words;
            The spirit within me constrains me.

      19“Behold, my belly is like unvented wine,
            Like new wineskins it is about to burst.

      20“Let me speak that I may get relief;
            Let me open my lips and answer.

      21“Let me now be partial to no one,
            Nor flatter any man.

      22“For I do not know how to flatter,
            Else my Maker would soon take me away.